Aging and waist size (was: New data on salt and BP)

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JW,

Looking at the -Benedict eqution for enlightenment on this

issue, there are two factors to consider: 1) decreasing height with

age, and 2) slower metabolism with age.

Man: BEE = 66.47 + (13.75 X weight in kilos)

+ (5 X height in cm)

- (6.76 X age in years)

As we get older we need fewer calories, and as we shrink with age we

need fewer calories. If we keep eating like when we were young, a

" gut " will develop.

The age factor of the equation is -167 at age 25, but -338 at age 50.

This means that by age 50 you should be eating 171 fewer calories per

day than at age 25. If you don't change your eating habits, these 171

extra calories per day add up to 62,415 calories per year which is an

extra 17.8 lb of fat.

Tony

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From: " jwwright " <jwwright@e...>

Date: Thu Mar 24, 2005 6:43 pm

Subject: Re: New data on salt and BP

....

The guts I have observed on manual workers is, for example, my lawn

mower man for several years was trim and worked maybe 7 lawns per day.

He had done that for some years before I hired him. In spite of the

" exercise " , I noticed one day he was sitting in his PU " cooling " off

from the heat.

....

Then he began to add a " gut " ,i.e., - his waist size increased, for no

apparent reason. I had done that by 1994 without doing manual labor -

working in an A/C office. So I have to wonder if we know what this

mechanism is exactly?

There are a lot of guys developing this waist size thing, while I have

reduced mine to 37-39 inches. Hips 42 " .

....

I attribute that solely to cutting back on fats, which of course,

lowered calorie intake as well. My calories intake is still 1800

kcals. Only fat restriction and calorie restriction keep me in pretty

good shape compared to others.

That gut represents HTN, obesity, probably leading to other bad

things. In fact, the only thin guys are a bank clerk and an insurance

salesman.

Regards.